Comparison of HIV prevention indicators among adolescent girls and young women in DREAMS and non-DREAMS intervention districts in Uganda. by Norah Namuwenge, Derrick Kimuli, Rebecca N Nsubuga, Timothy Sserunga, Sheila Nyakwezi, Jaffer Byawaka, Garoma Kena, Solome Sevume, Norbert Mubiru, Barbara Amuron, Daraus Bukenya

“…Although this factor likely contributed to the initial selection of DREAMS-intervention districts, its persistence may continue to influence overall efforts towards the reduction of HIV prevalence. …”
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First 100 patients receiving long-acting growth hormone therapy: real-world evaluation from INSIGHTS-GHT registry by Joachim Woelfle, I. Kreitschmann-Andermahr, C. J. Strasburger, D. B. Pittrow, C. Pausch, D. Schnabel

“…Following the market launch of three LAGH products in Germany (lonapegsomatropin, somapacitan, and somatrogon) we aimed to provide early real-world evidence on their use in order to obtain an initial picture on patient selection and physician preferences outside of clinical trials. …”
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On optimization of substrate removal in a bioreactor with wall attached and suspended bacteria by Alma Mašić, Hermann J. Eberl

“…We approximate the Pareto Front numerically and study the behaviour of the system and its dependence on reactor and initial data.Overall, the modest potential of control strategies to improve reactor performance is found to be primarily due to an initial transient period in which the bacteria have to adapt to the environmental conditions in the reactor, i.e. depends heavily on the initial state of the dynamic system. …”
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Characteristics and assessment of children undergoing upper limb surgery for management of cerebral palsy by Danielle Sabella, Adam Scheinberg, Bruce Johnstone, David McCombe, Monika Hasnat

“…**Background**: Surgical intervention for improvement of upper limb function in children with cerebral palsy is reported to be of benefit where careful patient selection is taken into consideration. Currently there are no clinical guidelines to help determine selection of individuals best suited for operative management, nor does research exist that identifies characteristics of the patient cohort currently being selected as appropriate for surgery. …”
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AI-enabled Barilai–Borwein–Blinder–Oaxaca–Bernoulli Deep Classifier for Enhanced Crop Yield Prediction by Rajesh Kumar Dhanaraj, Nithya Rekha Sivakumar, Firoz Khan, Mahmoud Ahmad Al-Khasawneh

“…The empirical results demonstrate that the BBO-BDC technique significantly improves the accuracy up to 12%, specificity up to 15%, and sensitivity up to 3% with feature selection. Furthermore, the BBO-BDC technique realizes a substantial reduction in convergence speed by 29% and 51% reduction in overhead compared to conventional methods with feature selection. …”
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Machine Learning for Dynamic Prognostication of Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Time-Series Data: Survival Path Versus Dynamic-DeepHit HCC Model by Lujun Shen, Yiquan Jiang, Tao Zhang, Fei Cao, Liangru Ke, Chen Li, Gulijiayina Nuerhashi, Wang Li, Peihong Wu, Chaofeng Li, Qi Zeng, Weijun Fan

“…When the prediction time comes to 6 months or later since initial treatment, the survival path model outperformed the dynamic DeepHit model at late evaluation times (∆ t  > 12 months). …”
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Low Concentration Hydrogen Combustion and Its Influence Analysis outside PCS Internal Heat Exchanger by ZHANG Dong1, DING Ming2, SHAO Xiaozhou1, HAO Xiaohua1, LI Long1

“…The Fluent module in ANSYS was used to simulate the flame propagation velocity and peak combustion pressure under the initial conditions of 10% initial hydrogen concentration, 0.1 MPa initial pressure and 323 K initial temperature. …”
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Distinct requirements for cranial ectoderm and mesenchyme-derived wnts in specification and differentiation of osteoblast and dermal progenitors. by L Henry Goodnough, Gregg J Dinuoscio, James W Ferguson, Trevor Williams, Richard A Lang, Radhika P Atit

“…Ectoderm Wnt ligands induce osteoblast and dermal fibroblast progenitor specification while initiating expression of a subset of mesenchymal Wnts. …”
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Characteristics of Flameless Combustion in 3D Highly Porous Reactors under Diesel Injection Conditions by M. Weclas, J. Cypris

“…Characteristic modes of a heat release process in a two-dimensional field of initial pressure and temperature have been selected. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Adiabatic Shear Bands Formation in Composites by N. A. Kudryashov, R. V. Muratov, P. N. Ryabov

“…One or two areas of plastic flow localization appears depending on the width of steel and copper parts, as well as on the initial plastic strain rate and the selected type of a boundary conditions. …”
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Genetic Variability, Character Association, Path Coefficient, and Diversity Analysis of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Genotypes Based on Agro-Morphological Traits by Shubh Pravat Singh Yadav, Sujan Bhandari, Netra Prasad Ghimire, Dipesh Kumar Mehata, Soni Kumari Majhi, Susmita Bhattarai, Samaz Shrestha, Bishnu Yadav, Pratima Chaudhary, Sangita Bhujel

“…Genetic variability analysis aids the breeders in determining the best criteria and selection procedure to be utilized in order to enhance the desired attributes. …”
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Partnership for Sustainable Coffee Certification: Linking Up Smallholder Farmers to Global Coffee Market by Bustanul Arifin, Michael Reed, Novi Rosanti, Hanung Ismono, Slamet Budiyuwono

“…A probit model is used to determine decisions to join the partnership; ordinary least square (OLS) is used to analyze the determinants of farm income; and Heckman selection-correction model is used to reduce the selection bias in partnership participation. …”
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Appliance-Specific Noise-Aware Hyperparameter Tuning for Enhancing Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring Systems by João Góis, Lucas Pereira

“…By providing appliance-level energy consumption estimation from aggregate data, it supports energy efficiency initiatives, demand-side management, and user awareness. …”
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THE ROLE OF BRACHYTHERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF RETINAL CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMAS by V. V. Neroev, S. V. Saakyan, P. A. Ilyukhin, V. V. Valskiy, M. V. Ryabina, A. Yu. Novikova

“…However, in order to reduce postoperative complications and improve the functional result, a thorough preoperative selection of patients is needed, which should take into account the initial retinal status. …”
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Dropout and completion in iCBT for university students: Insights from a thematic analysis by Jurrijn A. Koelen, Lisa de Koning, Matilda K. Nottage, Anke M. Klein, Claudia M. van der Heijde, Peter Vonk, Reinout W. Wiers

“…Completers had positive initial impressions, valued the online format, found the exercises and guidance helpful, and felt cared for. …”
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Optimizing Virtual Power Plants Cooperation via Evolutionary Game Theory: The Role of Reward–Punishment Mechanisms by Lefeng Cheng, Pengrong Huang, Mengya Zhang, Kun Wang, Kuozhen Zhang, Tao Zou, Wentian Lu

“…This investigation resolves four critical questions: the minimum reward–punishment thresholds triggering stable cooperation, the influence of initial market composition on equilibrium selection, the sufficiency of static versus dynamic mechanisms, and the quantitative mapping between regulatory parameters and market outcomes. …”
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A retrospective analysis of the incidence and risk factors for amniotic fluid embolism in cesarean deliveries by Xianghua Cao, Qiangjun Gui, Haoran Yan, Yujiao Wei, Xiaoling Chen, Deng Liang, Xueping Li, Jian Wang, Bingsha Chen

“…In univariable analysis, P < 0.05 served as the initial selection criterion. A multivariable analysis revealed that AFE at the time of cesarean deliveries was significantly correlated with chronic blood loss anemia, coagulopathy, congestive heart failure, other neurological disorders, fluid and electrolyte disorders, weight loss, pulmonary circulation disorders, abruptio placentae, and polyhydramnios. …”
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Data-driven projections of candidate enhancer-activating SNPs in immune regulation by Markus Hoffmann, Tiago Vaz, Shreeti Chhatrala, Lothar Hennighausen

“…This selection was guided by publicly available open chromatin and gene expression data and further refined by filtering for proximity to immune response genes and conservation between the mouse and human genomes. …”
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Novel Risk Score to Predict Poor Outcome After Endovascular Treatment in Anterior Circulation Occlusive Acute Ischemic Stroke by Dong Yang, Kang Yuan, Wusheng Zhu, Min Lin, Xinfeng Liu

“…Independent predictors of poor outcome after endovascular treatment were obtained from the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression and multivariable logistic regression. …”
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Role and importance of elastography in the diagnosis of differentiated thyroid carcinomas regarding the clinical, echosonographic, biochumoral and cytological examination and corre... by Kiković Saša, Marinković Dejan M., Ristić Petar, Karajović Jelena, Kuzmić-Janković Snežana, Đuran Zorana, Čizmić Milica, Kovačević Božidar, Nenezić Nemanja, Hajduković Zoran

“…Ultrasound examination of the thyroid glands is a common method for the initial diagnosis of thyroid neoplasia enabling the selection of nodules that should undergo fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). …”
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